And So Life Goes

The days slip by so fast. And all the while we go about life, dealing with it as it comes and soaking up every piece of joy and providence.

Luke 11:5-13
⁵Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, ⁶because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'

⁷"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' ⁸I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

⁹"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? ¹²Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

I'm hanging onto this promise like no other.

Major life changes I've made the best of. Financial difficulties I've been through. Illness I constantly deal with. Relationship crises I've handled. But take away my Lord and I'm a goner. If I never again get to experience His presence and work in my life, I think I would never know true joy again. Cut me off from His Holy Spirit, and I'd rather not stick around to see the rest of this life through.